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The video, taken on a mobile phone, shows an officer striking Mr Santos Lopez with powerful blows of his baton at least six times as he lies on the ground.

The officers repeatedly order him to to get onto his stomach, but he refuses which results in him being Tasered.

The woman who shot the footage did not want to be identified, but said she thought officers were abusing their power

Another witness Mycalneisha Jackson told ABC News: 'It was way too much. I felt like he was drunk, so they could have easily gotten him down as many of them as there were,"

Authorities say Mr Santos Lopez kicked out at the officers. His family say he suffers from an undiagnosed mental condition

One of the officers fires a Taser at the suspect as he lies on the ground

According to ABC, Mr Santos Lopez's sister started crying when she saw her brother's bloodied face.

He is currently recovering at the Long Beach Memorial Medical Center and is expected to face charges of resisting arrest and battery.

His family say they intend to sue for police brutality and claim they had called the authorities for help with his undiagnosed mental condition.

Police say the responding officers were unaware undiagnosed mental condition at the time of the incident.

Sergeant Aaron Eaton with the Long Beach Police Department told ABC: 'There's no points about it, that they just don't look good to anybody. But, in this particular case, the officer is trying to get this individual who was combative, who was irrational," said S